Wine Cap Mushroom Grow Kit
Grow Gourmet Garden Mushrooms – Pre-Order for Spring (Gift Voucher Option Available )
Wine Cap mushrooms (Stropharia rugosoannulata), also known as Garden Giants, are one of the easiest outdoor mushrooms to grow in the UK. They thrive in woodchip beds, improve soil health, and return each year with generous harvests from early summer through autumn.
Our Gift Voucher Option lets you gift the grow kit now and the spawn is delivered at the optimum planting time.
Choose Your Option
1. Pre-Order Grow Kit (Spawn ships March–September)
Your kit includes 1 kg of fresh Wine Cap spawn—enough to create a 1 m² mushroom bed with repeated flushes over many months.
2. Gift Voucher (+£1.50)
A printed voucher in a kraft-paper envelope, posted immediately.
The recipient receives the voucher now, and the spawn is shipped directly to them when the redeem the voucher code
What’s Included
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1 kg Wine Cap mushroom spawn (fresh, vigorous & UK grown)
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Enough for a 1 m² outdoor mushroom bed
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Step-by-step instructions for creating your bed
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Access to our online guides:
Why Wine Caps?
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Extremely easy outdoor mushroom to grow
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Produces large, meaty, red-wine-coloured mushrooms
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Low-maintenance: layer spawn with woodchip, keep moist
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Perennial—often returns for several years
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Improves soil and supports garden ecosystems
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Expandable: once established, you can use your own bed to make more spawn for free
Ideal for gardeners, food growers, permaculture designers, schools, community gardens, and anyone wanting a resilient, productive mushroom patch.
When We Ship
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Spawn is sent from March to September (the only period that ensures reliable establishment).
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Voucher orders ship immediately (1–2 working days).
If you pre-order now, your spawn will automatically be dispatched in March.
Perfect Gift
If you select the Voucher option, your recipient gets a lovely printed card in a printed kraft envelope (see pictures) , with instructions on how to redeem their kit.
The spawn arrives at the correct growing season—ensuring the best possible success.
Sustainability
Our spawn is produced using peat-free substrates and grown as part of our Farming With Fungi programme at the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
Product Details
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Species: Stropharia rugosoannulata (Wine Cap / Garden Giant)
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Spawn type: Sawdust/Woodchip spawn
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Bed size: 1 m²
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Skill level: Suitable for beginners
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Growing location: Outdoor garden beds, woodchip paths, raised beds, under soft fruit, or alongside vegetables.
For detailed growing advice, visit our guides:
